To whom all we can invite in family visa :We can only invite the following persons in Saudi Arabia family visa either it is visit or permanent.Mother, Father, Wife, Children, Sisters, Mother in Law, Father in Law.

How to apply for family visit visa Saudi Arabia procedure :

Saudi Arabia may not be a place of fun or entertainment to the expatriates who are staying alone far from their country. They have an option of feeling home by bringing their family either in visit or permanent visa depending on their Iqama/Muqeem professions. permanent visa has more benefits than visit visa, as it does not have tensions of renewing. If visit visa has a validity of 3 months (90 days), It is possible to renew it 1 more time, that is up to 6 months. Renewal may be unsuccessful in the months of Ramadan and hajj.

Documents required in applying Family Visit Visa Saudi Arabia :

Only benefited professions are applicable for applying family visa. If your iqama or muqeem profession is not benefited one, request your sponsor to change your profession to benefited one.

1. Original valid Iqama/Muqeem of Saudi Arabia

2. Passport Copy

3. Passport copies of family members to whom you are inviting.

Fill Online application for family visit visa :

You are the kafeel of the family members you are inviting on family visa, So put your name in place of kafeel while filling the online form.

Once your family visa got approval, Send copy of your application or the number of your application to your family member and let them contact nearest agent (will charge) for further process in Saudi embassy of your home country.

It is common sometimes your visa application may reject, Do not bother, Apply again and again till you succeed. Sometimes it may accept 4th time, sometimes it may accept first time only. So do not loose hope.

FAMILY VISIT VISA EXPIRATION :

Once visa is approved Saudi embassy have 3 months of time for stamping, Once visa is stamped, Applicant should travel within 3 months else your visa will expire.

EXTEND FAMILY VISIT VISA :

1. If your visa is issued for 90 days you can extend it for 1 more time.

2. If your visa is issued for 30 days you can extend it for 5 more times. For detailed process of renewal follow this article "Family Visit Visa Extension".

OVERSTAY :

Do not think of overstay, It is illegal, As you are the sponsor of your family you only responsible for it. A fine of SR 25,000/- is imposed on iqama even you stay for single extra day.

Dear sir, My mother visa has stamped on 20th of January 2015, but on passport visa the validity is one month to move to KSA.My problem is i want to bring my mother in march.So what should i do now??Please answer me as soon as possible.

It seems, you got 1 month (30 Days) visit visa? If i am not wrong ... If it is stamped for 1 month you can extend it for 5 more months.http://saudi-expatriates.blogspot.com/2014/12/family-visit-visa-extension-saudi-arabia.htmlAs above mentioned, Once visit visa stamped, You should travel within 3 months starting from stamping date.If you still unclear, You can login to your MOI Abshir account and check your dependent details.http://saudi-expatriates.blogspot.com/2014/09/register-for-moi-services-abshir.html

i applied for my visa on the 24/01/2015...on 26/01/2015 request was ratified from the east room..after that no status change..i am in dilemma wether i will get the visa or not pls tell me how long does this whole process take approximately..

You should wait for some more time, As they get lot of applications it may take some more time. Hope for good... No need to be in dilemma, You can get clear status soon whether its accepted or refused. Even if it is refused you can apply again after few days.

Asslam o Alaikum ..... My iqama is vaild for 130days approximately i apply for 90 days family visit visa but its refused some peoples told me your iqama validity is not enough thats reason your application is rejected lets me know plz wht can i do i m too much worry about this

Mr. Kashif, You can re-apply again if it is refused, May be people are true, I am not sure about that, If this is the problem, You can try again. Now a days iqama is renewing 3 months before its expire. So wait for your iqama to be renewed and then re apply again.

Dear sir,My wife is in ksa on visit visa came through the Riyadh airport and now she want to go via bahrain casueway by visiting Bahrain and then to India from Bahrain airport. Is is possible for her to get an exit at the King Fahad Causeway Dammam instead of Riyadh Airport.

You can request your employer, That you want to bring your family on visit visa. As long as i know operator is not eligible. However if you have degree you can change your profession to the benefited one.Time I cannot say exactly, It is depending on the range of visa applications.

Askm. My husband and I are both employed with MOH. We have our respective iqamas. As I cannot travel to Jeddah presently to apply, is it possible for my husband to invite my parents on his iqama although I am not a dependent and I have my own iqama? Will they accept this application at the Ministry or insist that I apply on my own iqama and come personally as I am also a government employee?

Its not approved yet, It will be a mandatory rule in upcoming days.Read this articleshttp://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/682851http://saudi-expatriates.blogspot.nl/2015/01/medical-insurance-in-saudi-arabia-for.html

Yes you can bring your parents on visit visa even if you are Unmarried, But if you are married you will get easy approval for your wife and parents too. As Unmarried you may need to try twice to thrice for approval. Best of luck.

Mr. Masroof Gulshan, I request you to read the below linked article which will help you to know the procedure to follow for permanent family visa in KSAhttp://saudi-expatriates.blogspot.com/2014/12/permanent-family-visa-in-saudi-arabia.html

May be through MOI its still not available, What available is you can make appointment only. You can apply through MOFA. Check this article to apply through MOFAhttp://saudi-expatriates.blogspot.com/2015/02/online-family-visit-visa-application.html

I have two pending visit visa application for my wife. 1st: 09 Sept 2014 (status: ratification of the east room). Until my Iqama had expired last 11 Nov 2014, I re-applied. 2nd: 27 Nov 2014 using the renewed Iqama (status: ratification of the east room). Until this date, both applications had same status and it's not even rejected in MOFA system. By the way, I am a project engineer visa based on my Iqama. I don't really know what's the problem why until now there's no movement on my applications (I think this is not normal based on the length of time since I applied). Can I have your opinion on how to have a visit visa based on this case?

But, it's understandable in case for the visitors coming to KSA on visit visa. But why it's important for the sponsor (like us) applying for family visit visa? Do we also need to fulfill this condition?

Dear Sir, My profession on Iqama is 'AAMIL NAZAFA'. I am trying to bring my wife and daughter since long time but no luck as of rules my actual position is Database Administrator in military hospital please any help.

Mr. Ateeq, As you said your profession is "Aamil Nafaza" it means "Dustman" as i translated. This profession is not eligible. I request you to go to your HR Officer and request them for change of your profession and mention you want to bring your family in visit visa, If you have attested degree certificate submit it to them so that they can change your profession. He may tell you to come later, You should request him again and again by giving few days gap, so that he can process it.Good luck.

اعتذار نأمل تعبئة طلب جديد مصدق وفق التحديث الجديد لاستمارة الطلبTranslation: "Apology hope to mobilize a new request certified according to the new update to the application form"I have got the above message after 1 month of application for family visit visa, please guide me about the reason for this rejection. I have an Engineer iqama and applied for three family members in a single application, my mother, wife and daughter.

I am planning to call my in laws in the month of July 2015 ( Ramadan ) for three months.

My Query is

1- is any special option three months VISA ( not One month ) while filling form,2- After issue of visa within how many moths I have to get stamped 3- After stamped VISA within how many months they have to travel.4- To call them in Ramadan when is better to apply VISA so that it will not rejected.5- What are the moths when VISIT VISA close.

I am planning to call my in laws in the month of July 2015 ( Ramadan ) for three months.

My Query is

1- is any special option three months VISA ( not One month ) while filling form,2- After issue of visa within how many moths I have to get stamped 3- After stamped VISA within how many months they have to travel.4- To call them in Ramadan when is better to apply VISA so that it will not rejected.5- What are the moths when VISIT VISA close.

Dear Sarfaraz, If you did not read the above article, I request you to read it. As it contains all the answers of your queries.While applying you have an option to choose whether for 30 days or 90 days. During Ramadan and Hajj it will be close, Remaining all queries are answered in the above article.

dear sir, i applied for my mother's visit visa it was ratified last 09 february 2015 (jeddah) its 8 days now and until now i dont get any response from them. how many days does it take for me to have an answer from them? how will i know if its approved or rejected? as we dont know how to read arabic, we are from philippines. thank you. i hope you will find some time to answer my queries as i am worried that it will be rejected, i am about to give birth already thats why i want my mother to be here. thank you. i am a nurse in my iqama and

Assalamualaikum,Dear Farhan,Alhamdulillah I got visit visa for my father and mother today, but there was no information about my brother who was also included in the application please update your suggestion.Also regarding to validity many agents in India say 3 months before and 1 month after stamping of visa but in your above comments it was different please re confirm the actual validity as I want my parents to come in ramzan.Thanks and awaiting your favourable reply.

Walekum Assalam, Dear Habeeb,Alhamdulilla, Good to hear from you, As mentioned above, Wife, Children and parents are the first preference, then Sisters and Parents in Law. Brothers are not eligible for visit visa unless you have special reasons.I think you can see the validity of travel in stamped passport.

Assalamaulikum, Dear Respected Farhan bhai, thank you for help everyone, my online application was chambered on 21st January-15. and today date is 20-Feb-15. One month passed, still showing green color status not yet change anything. nor reject, can you plz. confirm as per new system, for family visit visa, do i need to go to Istekdam to submit my all documents before it approve in mofa site? . or i will have to wait.. till online application is change either reject or accepted ? plz suggest me what i should do.. as i heard as per new system from January, there is appointment system for istekdam.. that applicant should visit to the istekdam and submit all documents even for visit visa. same procedure apply for visit visa as for the permanent visa.for visit visa also need to submit Education Certificate attest by country ksa embessy ? plz help me with this informaition. zazakaAllah khair. Saif.

Dear Saif, Please wait for the status to change as approved or rejected, One month is really long time, But in some cases it happens, So, Wait for few more days.For visit visa no need of attestation of certificates from embassy.

Dear Farhan,Thanks for your reply.I am worried about the validity before stamping whether it is 30 or 90 days.If it is 90 then I will submit later else have to submit it and see for the validity after stamping of visa.Thanks and awaiting your favourable reply.

Asalmalaikum farhan.... I am working in rabigh .... And my profession is civil engineer .... My company's mandub Saudi has applied visa for my wife and son ...on Jan 4 in dammam... But still there is No visa .... Its almost 2 months .... Daily when I call Saudi ... He is telling the same story dammams mofa system is down .... Please suggest me what to do ... Me and my family r really down ... Does I apply visa again...

Dear, I have applied for my family visit visa when i filled the form there was an option for age. Now when i see at MOFA website its date of birth and where i entered age its showing 1/11/1111. what should i do.Last time i just got the visa in a day but now its 1 month no reply from them.does it make any problem if my wife is here and i apply for a visit visa. She left KSA on 18th Jan 2015 and i filled the form on 17th Jan 2015 got it cambered on 18th Jan 2015.

hi mr. farhanmy proffesion is data entry operator, is this profession is eligible for family permanent visa or visit visa,??? or please suggest any other procession for sales planning coordinator , but i dnt have stamped certificates

Dear Mr. Naseem, Data Entry Operator profession is not eligible, You can request your sponsor that you want to bring your family in visit and request him to change your profession, He will change your profession with suitable one related to your job without certificates.

I have heard that there are some new rules in applying for family visit visa, now we dont want to go mofa and need to take appointment from isteqdam. Can you please guide me or share the link so that I can get the clear picture how to apply for visit visa so that no rejection may occur.

Salam farhan.. i apply visit visa for my mother and daughter on feb 9 and igot update on feb 12 tells the receipt of request means they got my application but its 13days now stil no update or rejection i am planning go 2 dammam mofa on thursday is that possible they will entertaine me to ask about my application??? Pls help im going vacation next thursday thank u

Yes i check online but the first update is receipt of the request on feb12 but until now same update if i go to mofa dammam is there any problem?? do they allow me go and ask about my application?? Im waiting 15days

I've applied for a visit visa for my mother, wife and daughter on 4th of january 2015 and until now the status has not changed online its showing the same. Generally how many days will it take for the status to change or how would I come to know if my application got rejected. and when can I reapply for the 2nd time after the 1st application getting rejected.

Dear Rizwan, Normally it should take one week to one month. I request you to check the status, Copy arabic text and find it in the below mentioned page.Top Menu -> Family Visa -> Visa Status Information

Most of your information is wrong. Now new visit visas only extend upto 6 months.if its issued for 3 months then only it can be extended 1 more time. so total duration for visit visa is just 6 months. not 9 months. and if its issued for 1 month then u can extend it 2 times more not 5 times. so it becom just 3 months.

Dear Ansif, You can request your sponsor that you want to bring your parents in visit, I think your profession is not eligible. You can change your profession related to your job, if you have attested degree.

How i can apply visa for my mother in law because my wife also in india i want to apply visit visa for my wife and my mother in law.And second thing on my iqama my profession is Labour so is it possible to apply visit visa for family pls reply me as soon as.

How i can apply visa for my mother in law because my wife also in india i want to apply visit visa for my wife and my mother in law.And second thing on my iqama my profession is Labour so is it possible to apply visit visa for family pls reply me as soon as.

I think labor profession is not eligible, However you can try online and see whether application permits you to apply or not. Recently i posted article on "how to apply for onine visit visa application" check that.

Dear Farhan..My Wife is in ksa on visit visa on my iqama..is it posible for me to apply visit visa for my father and mother in law??if yes what will be the documents needed other than my iqama copy and their passport copies...

My wife is on visit visa in ksa..is it possible for me to apply for the visit visa of my father and mother in law??if yes what will be the necessary documents needed other than my iqama copy and their passport copies...

My family in ksa on visit visa.and they have got visa extended till May. I would like to know whether I can apply for new visit visa while their stay in ksa. Or is it possible to get a visit visa during ramadan time June 2015. Please let me know what to do. .

Visit visa is only for 6 months, no renewal or extension after six months. Visit visa should renew before one week of its expiry date, if visitor did not complete 6 month.You can apply for New visit visa once your family is out of kingdom.

Asssalamu AlaikumI have got family visit visa on 27-04-1436 for my wife and daughter. I sent the same to the agent with all the required documents for stamping. But now he says that it was submited for stamping but was returned. The reason for return is, it is not reached in counsulate. What should I do ? Expecting your earlier reply

Asssalamu AlaikumI have got family visit visa on 27-04-1436 for my wife and daughter. I sent the same to the agent with all the required documents for stamping. But now he says that it was submited for stamping but was returned. The reason for return is, it is not reached in counsulate. What should I do ? Expecting your earlier reply

Asssalamu AlaikumI have got family visit visa on 27-04-1436 for my wife and daughter. I sent the same to the agent with all the required documents for stamping. But now he says that it was submited for stamping but was returned. The reason for return is, it is not reached in counsulate. What should I do ? Expecting your earlier reply

Dear Sir,I have one more doubt.I am going to marry a girl who is with her parents under 'bint' (daughter) visa. I am planning to marry in native. But how can I change her to under wife visa? It is possible? Please let me know the procedures for this.

As you told me that passport validity of 6 months is also required for me as I am the sponsor of my family. But, after renewal of my passport how would I update this information in MOFA system? Or how will they check my renewed passport validity?

Assalam o allikumDear. I applied for visit visa for my father on 16/2/2015 and Alhamdulillah I am succeeded and visa issued on 24/2/2015.I want to delay stumping visa for 2months.Is there a problem?? Because Ramadan is coming. Are they change this process for Ramadan ?? I read 3months valid before stumping and 3months after stumping I am worried for this

I had submitted my application a couple of days back and the status is shown as belowتم التصديق على الطلب: ( 9433778 ) بتاريخ 2015/02/26 (غرفة جدة)Does this mean that MOFA has received my application? or does it just mean that it has been stamped at the Chamber of Commerce only? Once activated at the MOFA Counter, does the msg show something else?

I had submitted my application a couple of days back and the status is shown as belowتم التصديق على الطلب: ( 9433778 ) بتاريخ 2015/02/26 (غرفة جدة)Does this mean that MOFA has received my application? or does it just mean that it has been stamped at the Chamber of Commerce only? Once activated at the MOFA Counter, does the msg show something else?

What is leatest rules for Permananent family visa. I heard that TV Chanel news on 17/02/2015 Degree certificate attaestation not required for Permananent family visa.only requied Eligible proffesion in there sysytem.

Actually i applied 3 times visit visa for my parents but they rejected i don`t why they are rejected.please tell me why they are rejected because i have 3 persons my parents & 1 brother..please tell me why they are rejected..waiting your response.Thanks...

May be your profession is not eligible, Or possible because of brother in list,Sometimes they will accept if your brother is below 18, for above 18 they will not accept. Family visit visa is only for Wife, Children, Parents, Parents in Law. Very rarely they will accept brothers and sisters.

Dear Sir, I submit the family visit visa February 3,daily I am Checking online showing same status,To day I went to the Visa office the officer saying Only online ,I have One doubt my saudi he fill the application form the name in English small letters any problem of small letters

I submit my family visit visa February 3,daily iam checking online still not ready the visa,today i went the Visa office the officer saying check Online,I have One Doubt My Saudi Fill the application form Name in English Small letters any problem in small letters

Visit visa is only for first degree relatives, It means for Wife, Children, Parents and Parents in Law. As you have valid reason, Sometimes it may accept, But i worry how you provide document proof for aunt.

i apply family visit visa feb 23,2015 ratified feb 24, 2015 but still no status change...i have heard that family visit visa application january and february was deleted due to system upgrading is it true?

i applied family visit visa feb 23, 2015 coc done feb 24, 2015 but still no status changed it was already 1 week till now..is it true that family visit visa january and february application was deleted due to system upgrading at mofa.?

My iqama profession electrical and i applied visit visa for my wife on 18-feb-2015. still it green color.. some of my friends said you should submit your chamber paper to mofa. some friends said no need it automatically link with mofa once you get chamber..

asalamualikum bhai...my family visit visa is issued on 2 marchsorry I am asking the repeated question but I am afraid I one of my friend suggested me to stamp visit visa within 1 month after issue ( not 3 month ) and also travel with in 1 month ( not 3 month) after stamp or else it will expire.due to some reason my wife and son can only come in june . what should i do..bhai plz suggest me

assalamu alaikum fahan sir,I'm working in a Printing press as desinger... but my proffession in Iqama is decoration technition... can I Apply for permenant visa with the fanni proffession? which is better technition or graphic designer?... I tried to change my proffession to computer programmer but now need certificate to change that proffession... is there any good proffession which no need certificate